Polyglot Dictionary

fundamentar

/fundamenˈtaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
fundamento
preterite (yo)
fundamenté
past participle
fundamentado

Meaning

  1. to base

    • Fundamentó su tesis en datos.

      He based his thesis on data.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

basar

basar and fundamentar are close synonyms for "to base"; fundamentar leans more toward providing solid justification or grounding, like fundamenting an argument.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

basear

basear is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to base."

Portuguese

embasar

embasar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to base."

Practice

1 What does fundamentar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches fundamentar?

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